Ali Hussein is the Founder of OWASP Khartoum Local Chapter, Currently working as Information Security Senior Engineer at [http://www.sudatel.sd/ar/sudatel/ Sudatel Telecom Group], before joining sudatel he was working in [http://www.ebanan.com/company.php Banan IT] where he was responsible of designing/implementing InfoSec best practices for the company products (telecom solutions).

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He has 4 years of experience in information security, His experience is in Application Security, Penetration Testing, Systems and Security Administration, He is a holder of dozen IT security Certifications including CEH, Security+, Cisco Certified Network Associate(CCNA), Cisco Certified Network Associate Security (CCNA:security), Information Security Foundation based on ISO/IEC 27002, Offensive Security Wireless Professional (OSWP), Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP).

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'''''Topic:''''' Infrastructure Hardening

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'''''Abstract:''''' A pure technical presentation on the best practices of hardening your Servers, Routers and Switches, All the hackers way, This will include Windows Platform, Linux Platform, IIS Servers, Apache Servers, FTP Servers, Mail Servers Hardening.

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We will showcase number of Vulnerabilities and how to harden your systems against them, This will range from [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms08-oct Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08] to Fighting Adobe zero days.

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We will show number of very beneficial tools for systems/networks administrators, This include [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Baseline_Security_Analyzer Microsoft MBSA], Attack surface Analyzer, Server Mask, [https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_DirBuster_Project OWASP Dirbuster], [https://wiki.umiacs.umd.edu/umiacs/index.php/Enhanced_Mitigation_Experience_Toolkit EMET] and many many more.

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This OWASP session raises awareness of the threat, Explains its workings, And leads the audience through the gamut of available protections.

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Attendees will leave equipped with the necessary knowledge to protect their web applications as well as themselves against this underestimated attack.

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'''''Location:''''' Sudan University of Science and Technology, Seminars Hall.

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OWASP Khartoum, Sudan

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